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A retaining member for holding and supporting an elongated element from a support includes a base portion and a holding portion. The base portion is attachable to the support. The holding portion is connected to the base portion and has a recess for holding the elongated element therein. The recess includes a tubular portion and a plurality of spaced ribs extending radially inwardly from the tubular portion to have different radial heights.

A method and formulation for temperature stabilization of proteins, such as antibodies, enzymes such as Taq poly-merase, restriction enzymes, and other diagnostic or therapeutic enzymes using a combination of first and second stabilizers.

The present invention relates to ramipril compositions with improved stability. More particularly, the present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising ramipril that are stabilized against decomposition into degradation products, namely, ramipril-diketopiperazine and ramipril-diacid, during formulation and storage conditions. The present invention also relates to methods for making and methods of manufacturing stabilized ramipril compositions.

In a commercial aircraft with a main deck (2) and a lower deck (5, 6), at least one passenger cabin (16, 16′) is also provided on the lower deck. The fuselage diameter lies on the order of a wide-body aircraft, and an energy-absorbing deformation structure (22, 23, 24) is arranged underneath the lower deck cabin. The invention proposes to arrange the wings (7) on the aircraft fuselage in accordance with the shoulder wing configuration, and to arrange the landing gear (10) outside on the fuselage such that the landing gear bays are spaced apart from one another by a certain distance that is defined by the positioning of the bottom longeron spars (9). This may provide that the lower deck volume situated underneath the main deck can be optimally utilized for payloads. The lower deck areas may also be interconnected in such a way that a significant useful width of the passage between the landing gear bays is achieved.

Various embodiments of the invention provide for stiction testing in MEMS devices, such as accelerometers. In certain embodiments, testing is accomplished by a high voltage smart circuit that enables an analog front-end circuit to accurately read the position of a movable proof-mass relative to a biased electrode in order to allow the detection of both contact and release conditions. Testing allows to detect actual or potential stiction failures and to reject defective parts in a Final Test stage of a manufacturing process where no other contributors to stiction issue can occur, thereby, minimizing stiction failure risks and extending the reliability of MEMS devices.

An interface arrangement for connection between an AC system and a DC system and to a method of disconnecting a DC system from an AC system are disclosed. The arrangement includes a converter for conversion between AC and DC having a DC side for connection to the DC system and an AC side for being coupled to the AC system, a set of circuit breakers coupled between the AC side of the converter and the AC system and a breaker assisting unit including a set of branches connected between the AC side of the converter and ground, where each branch includes a switch in series with an impedance element.

The present invention relates to a mounting device having a metallic base plate, from which multiple projections project, and a method for manufacturing this mounting device. The mounting device may be obtained by cutting multiple hook preforms into the surface of the base plate while leaving at least one bending edge per hook preform. Furthermore, hook-like projections are manufactured by bending the hook preforms out of the base plate around the bending edge and possibly lateral protrusions are manufactured on the projections or these are twisted.

A modular, lightweight, high-survivable, photovoltaic flexible blanket assembly for a space solar array is disclosed. The modular blanket is an accordion foldable or rollable flexible photovoltaic solar panel blanket assembly comprising a plurality of common photovoltaic modules spaced in an orthogonal pattern. Each module is mechanically attached with multiple low profile fasteners on their backside to an open weave mesh tensioned backplane structure. The backplane forms a tensioned dimensionally stable planar surface in the deployed configuration onto which the modules are suspended. Each module is common and comprised of a rectangular substrate that includes solar cell assemblies, circuitry, exposed electrical contacts for integration of blanket-level harnessing, and frontside and rearside shielding and coatings as required for the mission application. The blanket assembly may be dispersed with an open pattern of compliant and formable material on the backside to provide insulation against the vigorous vibration of the launch environment.

This invention relates an engineered fall-arrest mechanism that stops the free fall of up to two workers simultaneously. The invention is depicted in described in three preferred embodiments.

The present invention relates to a shock absorbing wheel with shock absorbing properties, the wheel comprises a hub, arms and a rim. The hub comprises radial junctions between the arms and the hub, additionally the rim comprises radial junctions between the arms and the rim, wherein between the radial junctions of the hub and the rim the arms are arranged with a substantially sinusoidal shaped form. The arms further comprise a first, a second, a third and a fourth section, wherein in the first section, the arms extend from the radial junctions between the arms and the hub in a first radial direction A, and in the forth section, the arms extend from the radial junctions between the arms and the rim in a second radial direction B. The sinusoidal shaped form is arranged in the second and the third sections of the arms. The present invention is said to provide for a cost effective wheel with good shock absorbing properties.

A manipulation device is for wheelchair footrests that have a pair of shafts (8) extending forwards from opposite forward sides of the main frame (2) and a pair of foot plates (9) pivoted at lateral portions to the shafts. This device has manual levers (21) at the forward sides and actuating means (40) that connects the levers (21) to foot plates (9) and consists of a resilient tube (41), a metal wire (42) and a setting retainer (43) for securing the tube to the wire. The tube (41) can elongate in response to an extraordinary tension exceeding a normal stress imparted to said tube, and the wire (42) loosely inserted in the tube (41) can alter an exposed length. An end of each wire (42) is connected to the foot plate (9) at its rear portion located near the shaft (8) pivoting the foot plate. An end of each tube (41) is connected to the manual lever (21) operating to pull up the tube (41) with the wire (42) such that the foot plate (9) rotates and rises to the upright idle position.

The invention relates to an inductive component, having a coil (3) disposed in an injection molded housing (2) and having conductor rails (4), also mounted in the housing (2), to each of which the ends of the coil wires are contacted in the form of connection wires (7). Each of the connection wires (7) between the coil (3) and the respective conductor rail (4) forms one composite structure, comprising windings and twists, with a film (8) located between and/or outside them. The injection molding compound of the housing (2) can be applied directly to these composite structures. Preferably, the composite structure comprises at least two windings, which are twisted together and are disposed in the direction of the course of the connection wires (7).

This invention relates to a corrosion protection silicone coating system provides for easy and convenient application by conventional methods such as dipping, brushing or spraying. The coating provides a guard against environmental effects causing cathodic stress along with high physical strength and adhesion achieved with a suitable blend of reinforcing and extending fillers. The coating is an organopolysiloxane rubber coating composition containing between about 10 and 80 weight percent of a sacrificial metal filler to provide protection against environmental effects causing cathodic stress. Preferably, the coating is a one-part room temperature vulcanizing organopolysiloxane rubber coating composition to provide protection against cathodic stress. The present invention also provides for a method of coating metal surfaces to protect the metal surface from corrosion and cathodic stress. The method comprises applying to the surface a thin layer of the above one-part organopolysiloxane rubber composition and allowing the layer of the one-part organopolysiloxane rubber composition to cure at room temperature to a silicone elastomer.

This invention relates to means for protecting flexible printed circuit board strip (FPCBS) from mechanical and long lasting chemical effects caused by water and other chemical elements in it. Particularly, this invention relates to cases when FPCBSs are bending in different directions from external forces and/or have continuous immersion into water or into other hazardous environments for electronics. For example cases can be but not limited:

• • to continuous lighting and signaling systems based on FPCBS in swimming pools, for example, at a bottom of a swimming pool to visualize or track training for swimmers, or to visualize water polo playing field areas;
  • to set continuous lighting and signaling systems for other purposes in wet environments, for example, on or under water surfaces, on natural and artificial objects with immersion in water;
  • to set continuous lighting and signaling systems on surfaces without rigid mounting of the systems.

The embodiment comprises form a flexible printed circuit board strip placed inside a flexible hollow tube. The said flexible hollow tube has dimensions allowing said flexible printed circuit board strip to turn around it longitudinal axis. The said flexible hollow tube has air or any other gas pressure inside it. At least one end of said flexible hollow tube has means for connection of pressure source of air or other gas. At least one end of said flexible hollow tube has means for sealed connection of electrical wires going from said flexible printed circuit board strip to power supply and or control device.

A micromechanical structure, comprising a substrate having a through hole; a residual portion of a sacrificial oxide layer peripheral to the hole; and a polysilicon layer overlying the hole, patterned to have a planar portion; a supporting portion connecting the planar portion to polysilicon on the residual portion; polysilicon stiffeners formed extending beneath the planar portion overlying the hole; and polysilicon ribs surrounding the supporting portion, attached near a periphery of the planar portion. The polysilicon ribs extend to a depth beyond the stiffeners, and extend laterally beyond an edge of the planar portion. The polysilicon ribs are released from the substrate during manufacturing after the planar region, and reduce stress on the supporting portion.

A semiconductor device includes a first pre-stress block suitable for generating a first load signal, which corresponds to an active signal during an active mode and/or to a high voltage level during a precharge mode, in response to a stress section signal; a first delay amount reflection block suitable for reflecting a first delay amount in the first load signal in response to one or more first delay amount control signals; and a first main stress block suitable for generating a word line driving control signal, which corresponds to the active signal during the active mode and the high voltage level during the precharge mode, in response to the stress section signal and the first load signal.

A toner replenishing device includes a toner conveyance path for connecting a toner storing device with a developing device, a toner conveying device for conveying the toner from the toner storing device to the developing device along the toner conveyance path, and an air supplying device connected to the toner conveyance path vie an air supply path for supplying the toner storing device with air from a bottom of the toner storing device so as to agitate the toner pooling in the toner storing device.

The present invention relates to transgenic wheat plants. In particular, the present invention relates to a stress tolerant wheat plant, wherein said wheat plant has been transformed with a nucleic acid molecule, which codes for ornithine amino transferase (OAT).